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Montalbano Elicona, the castle and the village around it
Stone lanes and mountain landscapes in the Messina area.
Montalbano Elicona preserves a medieval centre dominated by its Swabian-Aragonese castle. The regional portal highlights its lanes, churches and historic palaces.
The monument is a visual landmark, but the village continues in the surrounding streets. Its story also belongs to the everyday scale of the settlement and its mountain setting, beyond the tourism headline.
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